Persona 5 Tactica - Game Gengo Review 「ペルソナ5 タクティカ【P5T】」

[@GameGengo]

To be in the chance to win a free copy of Persona 5 Tactica thanks to SEGA on STEAM, make sure to leave a comment below letting us know what your favorite thing about the Persona series is and why you'd like to Persona 5 Tactica out in Japanese! One winner will be picked after January 1st, make sure to check your comment replies for details on claiming your code!

[@GameGengo]

Anything else you'd like to know in Game Reviews for Japanese learning? Feel free to let me know, I am always happy to keep improving the content to make the best content possible for you all!

[@MrEDET]

The JLPT grammar lessons are superusefull to me, hope you keep adding new ones :)

[@YomiNinjaOfficial]

Thank you so much for creating such amazing content and mentioning Yomininja. Your incredible videos inspired me to get back into studying Japanese through games, which eventually led to the development of Yomininja. I hope you continue with your contagious dedication and inspire even more people.

[@GameGengo]

My absolute pleasure! Thank YOU for better enriching and enabling people to access Japanese games with your awesome program! I look forward to further development! It has a looooot of potential! I could see myself even starting to use it in videos with a bit more polish! Really, really nice work!!! It's an honor to have inspired you a bit! Thanks for all your contributions to the community!

[@flarigrar7114]

Thank the people in the server (the Patreon members), they mentioned it in there and it was hyped up so much that Matt saw it

[@YomiNinjaOfficial]

@@GameGengo Wow, thank you for your supportive comments! It would be an honor to see Yomininja contribute to your exceptional content! I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions or feedback you might have, so please feel free to share! Thanks!

[@YomiNinjaOfficial]

@@flarigrar7114 That's incredible to hear! A huge shoutout to everyone on the server for their excitement! I wasn't aware of all the hype. Thanks for sharing the backstory!

[@AndrewKln]

Your offhand mentioning yomininja just changed my way I play Japanese games. Thank you!!! Persona 5 my first ever persona game and I love seeing more from it!

[@ganqqwerty]

make sure to support the guy, he's unstoppable!

[@Vick1994x]

I'm playing P4G at the moment thanks to you for introducing this game to me 2 years ago. It is very atmospheric and from it I learned about different Japanese holidays and culture. It became one of my favorite games and would love to play the other games from this series as well.

[@Metalgear195]

The formatting of this video feels perfect! You hit everything I feel like.

[@unchosenmtg]

Impartial and tier rated precisely imo 👌

[@GameGengo]

Thanks so much Ray! Glad you enjoyed! Thanks also for all your support of the channel!

[@djangoallgains]

My favorite thing about Persona is how much of a connection I can have with the characters by the time credits roll. The game length isn't for everyone, but very few of the main stories feel like needless filler to me. I'm a big Xcom fan, so putting that style of combat into one of my favorite series through Persona 5 Tactica has me excited to play! I've gotten through half of Persona 4 in Japanese since I started learning, and think it would be a good experience to try a game I haven't played religiously. The family took priority during the holidays, so I wasn't able to get the game for myself yet.

[@mar_tintin8393]

My favorite thing about the persona series is how well they depict several themes in each game and the characters it presents. Im currently playing Persona 4 Arena Ultimax in Japanese (as you recommended in one of your videos), so i would really like an opportunity to play this game as well and and transfer some of the things I learned from one game to the other. Great videos!

[@Kreideberg]

Loved the ペルソナ5 タクティカ Lets Play video! I loved the Persona series for a long time now. It was always worth the money. Sometimes there are games which are very expensive and you only enjoy it once for 20 hours or so and never touch them again. With Persona its always a bit different. You can play it many many times over and over and find something new almost every time. Especially after the ペルソナ series got released on the Nintendo Switch my Japanese journey just got way more enjoyable in regards to gaming. The music, the characters, the japanese setting and the gameplay are just phenomenal. Sure there are some bits here and there which are not that enjoyable but that is nothing compared to the hours of gametime you get. Persona 5 Tactica would be great to keep on with the ペルソナ5 series. As I have just finished ペルソナ5 スクランブル. Matt in all honesty, I wish you the very best. I hope next year will be a even more successful year for you and your wife. The last couple of weeks must've been stressful for you. Much love. - Kreideberg | エネス

[@GameGengo]

Congratulations @Kreideberg! Merry Christmas! You've won a free Steam Key for Persona 5 Tactica! In order to claim your key, please first make sure you have a Steam account to use the key on, then email me on [e-mail] for details on how to claim your key/verify your account! :)

[@turquoisemanturk]

Not about the game but thank you for keeping this free. Lots of things to learn without paying a dime !

[@lucasaraujo21]

Matt want to wish you the best in 2024! You have inspired to pick up Japanese after close to 8 years of leaving university. Many blessings and success! Regarding Persona, my favorite thing is just the vibe. Persona 3 hooked me in and was so different than anything I played. Felt like I was back in Tokyo again. I would definitely be trying out P5T to continue help out my Japanese learning

[@InterludeSpiral]

Me still waiting for the N3 series to continue even though I already took the N3 this month and im certain I passed it but I need this SERIES! Great vid btw

[@Epigz418]

My favorite thing about the persona series is the feeling of captivation that I get when playing. When I start one of the games I’m just so absorbed in everything from the story, characters, music, gameplay, vibes, artstyle, etc. Makes for some of my favorite game experiences with P5 being my favorite. Love this for Japanese learning as it’s a game I want to play anyway so id be motivated to play and learn, especially since I struggle with slang so I think it would be a good challenge. Thank you game gengo!

[@lucytryingthings]

Ive always loved persona. Played 3 & 4 years ago and finished P5R this year ❤

[@derrickx.milton4715]

Persona has such a huge personality and uniqueness to it since venturing off of SMT. Has been worth visiting the series as a whole beyond educational purposes. Congratulations by the way on all your hard work paying off!

[@0730]

I really loved Perosna series for it's Japan vibes and amazing immersion. It is easily one of my most favorite JRPGs, and since I'm really invested in learning Japanese, I'd be happy to try a tactical approach to the series!

[@InterludeSpiral]

WOW man, I just heard that SEGA reached out to you, you must be proud man, well deserved

[@eziowith550ti]

Persona has been one of the reasons I'd started to learn Japanese. Apart from having superb stories and characters, the game taught me so much about the japanese festivals, culture, locations etc. So, it always has a special place in my heart. I didn't get a chance to check out Tactica yet, so would definitely like to have it and I hope it also helps me in my N2 journey !! :)

[@thisWinglessAngel]

Persona series has such great aesthetics. I just got into Persona 4 as my first entry, and it's pretty different from a lot of the other rpgs i play. Feels like a visual novel, and I do like that a lot. Looking forward to getting into this one since I love trpgs. I've been using the "Learn Japanese to Survive" games to learn the basics so far, writing down all the vowels as i go and slowly learning words, while also tuning into japanese streams to slowly pick up the language again and I have to say learning through gaming has been the best choice to go with learning the language. Especially with something that has a lot of repetition.

[@visualsofsora]

Cool! I’ve wondered whether persona 5 would be good for learning Japanese. I’ve gone through a big chunk of persona 5 royal and persona 5 strikers in Japanese and I felt both were really beneficial for my Japanese since I have to read, listen and understand heaps of Japanese. The relationship between the phantom thieves would be my favourite thing of the series. I really like how well they fit each other, especially in strikers. I imagine tactica would be similar for the story in that regard and the Japanese version would probably be a good challenge for me too.

[@cavewulf956]

Persona has been very helpful for me for learning japanese. As you mentioned, the push to continue and replay logs do wonders. Most persona games being turn-based, also gives it a nice pace.

[@CaptainAmok]

I've never played Persona before, but it seems I should give it a try. Replay a dialogue is very attractive to improve :) Thanks for the video

[@arponsarker3681]

My favourite thing about the Persona series is the beautiful art and the story by meshing a life simulator and a dungeon crawler. I’d like Persona 5 Tactica to be able to learn Japanese and continue from Strikers. Thanks!

[@Bread-vk8fl]

My favorite thing is that... I know nothing about this game. First time I heard about and loved, can't stop watching gameplays since I watched this video. Thanks for sharing this masterpiece, I hope I can get it and have lots of fun.

[@thegreatachiever4651]

The Persona series has always been a thrilling series with great music, characters, good art style, and world building. I'm happy to see that with Persona 5 they continue to take it in interesting directions, even with these changes they're all unique and feel fresh to experience for a Japanese learner and gamer.

[@bass2126]

Persona 4 on ps2 was the first one I played & at the time it was the first JRPG I've played, & I deliberately chose it because it looked like it had more player agency and roleplaying elements more than the typical JRPG, as someone who only ever played western RPGs which took those ideas in the center of the game, but tbh I found myself in something much much different with Persona 4, cuz it really immerses you into the life of a student & it's world, maybe it was a linear adventure but it was a damn good one at that.

[@GaliosUA]

Gonna comment for the raffle ;) I think the main draw of the series was the character driven plot, unlike the original SMT series. Here you get fusing demons(personas) *and* a good plot? A perfect combo ;) So, as a the series fan and an SRPG genre fan - P5 Tactica looks like a match made in heaven.

[@matush2910]

Never played any Persona game but i head great stuff about it and the characters seem really cool. As a japanese learner and tactic games lover I would really appreciate a copy of this game :)

[@ChaspelCu]

The persona series is a great blend of a life simulation and standard JRPG. great video.

[@LionLostInTime]

always wanted to get into the Persona series, not sure how much P5 knowledge i need for this but it would be a great excuse for both language learning and getting into it

[@jammingking4294]

I've liked the Persona series because of the aesthetics and combat, I also like tactical Strategy type RPGs like Disgaea so this is a game I would love to try out.

[@eagle986]

I really love the style of persona and story is vary and intresting The voice acting is awsome and the log + furigana are very usefull I am really excited to play Persona 5 tactics

[@G23G_]

I like using Persona games for language learning because of how versatile they are. So much of the language featured is rooted in everyday life, which is incredibly useful, but there are also splashes of archaic or fantasy language in them, which is beneficial when jumping into other, more fantasy-driven games since it helps to bridge the language gap. Most importantly, they're extremely entertaining, which is key to maintaining interest and motivation to keep going. VL

[@GameGengo]

Congratulations @G23G_ ! Merry Christmas! You've won a free Steam Key for Persona 5 Tactica! In order to claim your key, please first make sure you have a Steam account to use the key on, then email me on [e-mail] for details on how to claim your key/verify your account! :)

[@G23G_]

@@GameGengo thanks 😊 will do

[@G23G_]

@@GameGengo Just a heads up, the email has been sent! Should show up as from Greg J. with a profile pic of me in a suit.

[@emmanuelmanu1047]

i would like to add the game to my collection to learn my japanese

[@ABlob]

About whether or not you can play it in Japanese overseas: It seems that Persona 5 Tactica does have Japanese support on the PC Steam version and on Xbox, but NOT on Nintendo Switch and PlayStation. I've checked the store pages for all of them and looked in their language sections. It seems that you won't get Japanese subtitles or UI for PlayStation and Nintendo Switch; the PlayStation site it even says that Japanese voices are there but NOT any Japanese interface. The Xbox and Steam stores say that Japanese voices, subtitles and interface are supported. So if you want to buy a version overseas that does have full Japanese support, you can either choose the version on Xbox or Steam. As for experience with the Persona series, sorry, I only had the roughest start with the Persona series. I tried starting Persona with Persona Q on 3DS, because I only had Nintendo consoles at the time, and since it was a sequel to Persona 3 and 4, I was just so confused at everything. Then I've tried playing Persona 4 Golden... on Vita, and, well, the intro phase of the game just took too long for me so I never really started playing it. XD

[@GameGengo]

You are the absolute best, ABlob

[@ABlob]

@@GameGengo Thank you so much! I don't really know how to answer to such a nice compliment like that, I just love helping out wherever I can. :D

[@xanadeux]

I'm confused why all those games are put in 'elementary/upper elementary'... I mean, I think you're probably indicating that you can sort of understand the gist of the social banter between characters at that level while looking up words and trying not to get overwhelmed, but... All of those games have pretty sizable chunks of very advanced kanji sections where more technical stuff is going on and learners at that level will spend 20 minutes on a line of dialogue. Anyway, just curious about that. 13 Sentinals for instance is just a nonstop vocabulary lesson.

[@JONtheULTIMATE]

Tbh for me ATM, I need a game with furigana. But besides that P4 best game.

[@Evan-ys2ig]

I like the Persona series because of Haru's big shiny forehead. She has a lot of haters so I will defend her until I die!!